Bail Money

And in the same week Obama vows buy one, Christmas comes early this year.

(DFP) — General Motors has told 1,300 employees at its Detroit Hamtramck that they will be temporarily laid off for five weeks as the company halts production of the Chevrolet Volt and its European counterpart, the Opel Ampera.

“Even with sales up in February over January, we are still seeking to align our production with demand,” said GM spokesman Chris Lee.

Lee said employees were told Thursday that production would put on hold from March 19 to April 23.

The Chevrolet Volt, an extended-range electric car, is both a political lightning rod and a symbol of the company’s technological capability.

Chevrolet sold 1,023 Volts in the U.S. in February and has sold 1,626 so far this year.

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March 2, 2012 3:39 pm

Spurwing Plover

The VOLT the edsel of the 21st century

Bunker

Death of the Electric Car 2.0…well that didn’t take long.

dave

just coincedence this announcement came after O’s UAW speech this week..

GAC

“we are still seeking to align our production with demand”

Yup.
Zero demand = Zero production.

dba…vagabond trader

Car of the Year.

gastorgrab

I thought that GE had a deal in the making to buy 1,000 of them.

T2M

“we are still seeking to align our production with demand,” said GM spokesman Chris Lee.”

Nooooooo! Free market principles make Barry break out in hives.

gastorgrab

Oh, i know what’s going on here.

Is this the first step in the moving of the Volt production line from the US, to China?

Col. Angus

Oh well. Can we can still run our cars on corn.

Iron maiden

Wait! Wasn’t GM like back and celebrating their recovery with Obama last week?

Mr. Galt

Government central planning of industry doesn’t work!!

Who’d a thunk it.

Iron maiden

If only they had built the Volt to run on algae…

Mr. Galt

@Col. Angus

Yeah, we don’t need to eat.

Anyway, it’s a good thing they killed the Volt, because at the rate Comrade Obama is shutting down coal-fired plants, there soon won’t be a way to charge the batteries.

Anna

LMAO!!!! What happened to that ‘facts’ ad campaign? Can we add this layoff fact, or are they only showing all the awards it received? Best car = Volt, Nobel Peace Prize = Obama….yup, serious flaws in criteria these days.

SpringTexas

This is so funny! Not that 1300 American’s are without a job, but that it’s Obama’s chosen car. This can’t look good on his resume.

big-pete

The Obama Kiss. Deadly. I think I’d rather be kissed by Don Corleone.

josh

How much did that spectacle cost taxpayers? Why is it that everything that idiot touches turns into a complete and utter failure?

That guy is the epitome of Fail.

Junshin

Love it!

Doug Rose

@ gastorgrab says:
March 2, 2012 at 3:44 pm
I thought that GE had a deal in the making to buy 1,000 of them.

Was probably the leftovers in the Lot.

ThomNJ

“…….an extended-range electric car…”

Oh, THAT is supremely funny!

My car goes as far on gasoline only! And my old diesel went further!

Xavier

That was the carrot. Now comes the stick.

Like, anyone driving a car more than 5 years old pays a penalty. And instituting that mileage tax they’ve been talking about.

Generate revenue and force people to buy cars they don’t want.

Davey Mac

big-pete says:
March 2, 2012 at 3:48 pm

The Obama Kiss. Deadly. I think I’d rather be kissed by Don Corleone.

@big-pete I know I’m never taking BoBo to the track with me!

dba…vagabond trader

President Pondscum.

Blackbird

“We are still seeking to align our production with demand.”

Obama just found his new campaign slogan.
——————
“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
-R. Reagan- Remarks to the White House Conference on Small Business, August 15, 1986

“A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist.”
-R. Reagan- February 11, 1988

Huckfunn

The value of a 3 year old used Volt will have about the same resale value as a 3 year old used Bic lighter.

Katherine

Good! We’ll soon be laying off your inspiration for this overpriced boondoggle.

ex GM Bond Holder

Hey barry! How about you give back the money that you illegally stole from the GM Bond Holders; many who are senior citizens living on fixed incomes.

Honestly barry, you steal from me and I think I am well within my God given rights to steal right back from you.

Who are you going to steal from next? IRA and 401K account holders?

http://nobarack08.wordpress.com nobarack08

the Volt as GM (Government Motors), it’s the Obama Edsel

question; why does everything Obama touches dies?

http://potus.com Harrison J. Bounel

“The Chevrolet Volt, an extended-range electric car, is both a political lightning rod and a symbol of the company’s technological capability…”

Note that the two are not mutually exclusive…

“Dang! If only we’d invested a bazillion tax dollars into it, we coulda made a go of it”!

Chuck_Barry

The non-Obama backed Toyota Prius is selling like hotcakes, so…. maybe car buyers are just racist.

dba…vagabond trader

lol, can always send them to owser encampments for use as burn barrels to keep warm and cook those gourmet meals on.

Dantes

What’s stopping Obama from buying one now if he likes it, even if he can’t use it? It isn’t like he can’t afford it, and he has no problem forcing other people to buy things they don’t even want, like health insurance, condoms, etc.

skydiver

“We had to build it”

@Xavier

Good point, and I’m sure your right!
It fits right in with the Agenda 21 commie marxist eco-fascist regime!

Hey barry, better not wait 5 years to buy yours!

http://potus.com Harrison J. Bounel

“we are still seeking to align our production with demand,” said GM spokesman Chris Lee.”

If you had done that in 2008, the American taxpayer would have been grateful.

Commieobamie

Wait, wait,…the VOLT got ZAPPED?!

Sniffy Pop Tuna Scented Popcorn

I bet there are more Corvair’s still running than Volts. I don’t think a Volt will ever be a collectors item. It will be relegated to the Museum of Hoaxes.

I guess Immelt the tax cheat Obama Boot licker didn’t come in with those GE orders in time LOL!

In case you didn’t hear, an internal memo leaked which Immelt informed all GE employees whom use Company cars / or were reimbursed for use of their private cars that that they would be switching to Chevy Dolts, mandatory. The only exception was Technicians since they had to haul around equipment. Employees getting reimbursed for their private car use was ending, Dolt or nothing. Fricking 0utrage, GE didn’t pay a dime in Fed. income tax, yet there going to buy a fleet of Dolts with taxpayers paying for their $7500 rebate per car.

Does these mean that GM will quit running those pathetic dolt commercials?

That were no doubt put together with taxpayer bailout money by a Chicago ad agency!

Re Re

If everything Obama touches dies, then, he needs to start playing with himself.

accipiter NW

“The Volt: Coming to a ditch near you.”

Thanks Barry. Now lets recycle them for the building of the rest of that pipeline.

Major Glory

Yeah.. This is excellent math lesson for our youngsters.

The market knows best. I hope this will inspire folks to have a look at any other industries, sacred cows, that the government coud get out of.

The Department of Energy is a locus of suck.

sb

@ Harrison J. Bounel,

I think your name links to a bogus site! The site says that barry has no known nicknames!

What about barry, Barry, Barry Soetoro, Barry (whatever that other name that starts with an S is), Harrison J. Bounel, Barry Obama, Barack Obama……….

I wonder what the guy’s name really is. It is so confusing!

Major Glory

The words “Government Loan Guarantee” should make us writhe.

williewon’t

everything obama touches turns to shit

MN Jim

As a taxpayer, I want my money bask.

http://potus.com Harrison J. Bounel

“Shocking! GM Pulls the Plug on the Volt”

Keep Honkin I’m Reloading

The Volt

a.k.a.

Waterloo

Rufus

“we are still seeking to align our production with demand…” means:

They have already produced more than any of their dealers want.
When the truth comes out, we will find that not only did they overproduce, but they did so based on the administration’s projections.

They must have parking lots full of them.

Ed

The Official Car of the Obama Administration. Hopefully this is a sign, a portent, an omen as to his re-election chances.

Tired Warrior

MN Jim, I agree if someone wants the Obama car let them pay for all of it.

With somewhere over 5,000 Volts rotting on dealers lots a 4 month shutdown would be required to clear the channel. GM has something planned they are either going to extend the shutdown or kill the whole thing. How much longer are they going to dump millions into this pig. The marketing/advertising cost alone has got to be in the millions.

Harrison J. Bounel

@sb…
…uh yeah,… about that… I just sorta made that up. Didn’t realize it was a real site… oops.

But what the hey…

Uncle Baruch

The second model is going to be great though: The revolt.

A_Nonny_Mouse

But-but-but didn’t GE just announce it would be buying Volts as its new company cars?????

It was reported that GE would be ordering TWELVE THOUSAND of them.

So– WTF (– What’s The Facts) ??????

john nicholson

Hopefully, the layoffs will spark a rebound for the Volt and light a fire under potential buyers.

Xavier

@A_Nonny_Mouse

That was 12,000 over the next 3 years.

Rufus

This article says that they are blaming the Media for all the bad press it got, and that’s why sales suck.

If the POS was any good, it would sell itself.
The reason it’s not selling is that no one wants it.

wtd

Let me get this straight . . .all month we’ve been fed a cock and bull load of crap about this amazing ‘green’ car project of Obama’s and now they’re taking production off line?

To quote a few links about the Volt I’ve taken note of recently, here’s a comment to start it off:

•BO wants one million on the road by 2015. Let’s see that is 3 yrs away. 3 into one million is 333,333. Or 111,111 per year. Or approx.300 per day 24/7/365. Those union thugs will be working weekends , holidays etc.

Even if GM/obumma *gave* me a Dolt, I would still prefer my little Mazda with 99K on the clock.

Xavier

Don’t you think we should supply one to every welfare recipient so those on the government teat promote a sustainable lifestyle?

just in case, /

OxyCon

Everyone of Obama’s initiatives has been a colossal failure.

doppelganger

this is the reason Obama wants 9 dollar/gallon gas, so people will be so desperate they will buy this electric edsel

GRIZZ

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

….FU and your little vibrator

oldguy

To many Volts not enough fire stations.

Dapandico

Has anyone seen a Voltron on the road?

SoSad

According to Piglosi, these layoffs will clearly stimulate the economy.

Nothing up my sleeve

@Uncle Baruch

The second model is going to be great though: The revolt.

That must be the one with the Solyndra power panel on the roof.

Uncle Baruch

@Nothing

Nope. The Ford Urkel is the one with the Solyndra panel.

Spurwing Plover

Deport all our jobs to china typical socialists swine

Fishy Commentator

I just saw that Obama says the answer to gas prices is more fuel efficient cars (http://news.yahoo.com/obama-fuel-efficient-cars-answer-gas-prices-110836398.html). Let’s seem exceedingly expensive cars are the answer to the fuel prices. I want to know how many of you “progressives” are willing to jump on board with Obama concerning this statement? Do you really think he is telling the truth? All while he and a multitude of other politicians are making up the Laws that prevent oil drilling, that are not lifting a finger to reduce oil prices, that are keeping us vulnerable to the whims of oil rich muslim nations who think they are the only “human beings” in the world and all non-muslims are animals to be enslaved or slaughtered? Or do you suppose that these “elites” in power are like Rahm Emanuel who said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste”?

Spurwing Plover

Its so unfortunate those 1300 people are losing their jobs unemployments a bad thing